Oil spill spreads off Shenzhen coast
29 August 2006
An oil spill was spreading Monday off the coast of Shenzhen but no explanation was available about how it started or where exactly it came from. The spill started Sunday near a dock at the Yantian Port Area but authorities did not seem to know how much diesel fuel leaked. By Monday, the oil had spread into a 40,000-square-meter slick and was spreading, Wang Shengming, a senior official with the Shenzhen City Maritime Affairs Bureau, told state media. An investigation is underway while clean-up crews use oil-absorbent material to contain the spreading oil. Authorities did not say if the spill posed a threat to people or marine life.